Toyota Recall Models List

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 10:43 pm

Latest News Update Toyota Recall Models List, Toyota Motor Corp said Tuesday its Canadian sales fell 14.8% year over year during the month of January, excluding the Lexus brand, as a result of a massive recall that prompted the Japanese automaker to halts sales on eight of its most popular models in North America for most of the last week ofthe month.

Including the Lexus brand, Toyota Canada’s total sales were down 10.4%, the company said.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. reported its best January on record Tuesday, saying it sold 6,084 units in Canada during the month, or a 32% increase over the same period last year. That was also nearly 1,300 units higher than its previous January record set in 1986, and marked twelve-straight record months of sales for the company’s Canadian division.

General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler will report their own sales figures later today.

Toyota recalled 2.3 million vehicles across on Jan. 21 due to a faulty gas pedal that proved a propensity to stick on rare occasions when worn and exposed to condensation. On Jan. 26, the world’s largest automaker said it would halt the sales of eight of its most popular vehicles and the production of those models this week, including the RAV4, Corolla, and Matrix that it buildsin Canada.

The recall has also spread to Europe and China, putting another 1.9 milllion vehicles on the recall list, and adds to the more than 5 million vehicles Toyota had already recalled since November due to its gas pedals getting stuck on floor mats.

As a result, overall sales for the Toyota brand in Canada was 8,246 units in January, down from 9,681 units for the month last year.

Toyota, however, said this week it intends to begin repairing the recalled vehicles as of Friday at its dealerships and modify its production lines, which should allow it to begin selling the affected models again by this weekend.

Stephen Beatty, Toyota Canada Inc. managing director, said he expects it could take more than a month to repair all 270,000 vehicles affected by the sticky pedal recallin Canada.

On a bright note, Toyota’s Lexus sales in Canada were up 62.1% for the month of January, or 953 units for the month from 588 for the same period a year ago.

Toyota Recall Models List

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